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Juan Bautista Gutiérrez Foundation
The Juan Bautista Gutiérrez Foundation (Spanish: ''Fundación Juan Bautista Gutiérrez'') is a Guatemalan philanthropic entity that belongs to the Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI). Juan Bautista Gutiérrez was one of the founders of "Corporación Multi Inversiones". The Foundation was established in 1974 and has since helped several national crises such as the 1976 earthquake, Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and the hospital crisis of 2015. History On 3 October 1974, Guatemalan businessmen Dionisio Gutiérrez and Alfonso Bosch, Juan Bautista's son and son-in-law respectively, died in a plane crash while en route to Honduras to assist and support victims of Hurricane Fifi–Orlene. The plane was carrying a shipment of medicines that had been collected by the Rotary Club of Guatemala, but was obstructed by weather conditions and cargo weight near the village of Las Nubes. The descendants of the deceased, owners of companies such as Pollo Campero, Avícola Villalobos and Empacadora To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corporación Multi Inversiones
Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI; Spanish for ''Multi Investment Corporation'') is a Multinational corporation, multinational agro-industrial corporation based in Guatemala. The firm was founded as a family business by Juan Bautista Gutiérrez in the 1920s. CMI invests, provides employment and contributes to the development of the region. It started operations in Guatemala and Central America, and grew to become one of the most important business groups in Latin America. It is currently led by Juan Luis Bosch Gutiérrez and Juan José Gutiérrez Mayorga, joint Presidents-Chairmen. CMI works in two major business sectors: Food and Capital, with interests in different areas. In the food sector, CMI is in the wheat and corn flour mill, pasta and cookie production businesses; in poultry, pork, processed and sausage manufacturing industries; in balanced food for animals and pets; in the restaurant industry with its ''“Pollo Campero”'' brand, among others. In the Capital sector, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Bautista Gutiérrez
Juan Bautista Gutiérrez Blanco (14 June 1896 – November 1978) was a Spanish-Guatemalan businessman. He founded the Guatemalan company Corporación Multi Inversiones, as well as its philanthropic organization, Juan Bautista Gutiérrez Foundation. Early life Juan Bautista Gutiérrez Blanco was born on 14 June 1896 in the Campiellos village of Sobrescobio, Asturias, Spain. In 1902, Juan Bautista Gutiérrez’s father, Dionisio Gutiérrez, migrated to the Americas, while Juan Bautista himself migrated in 1911. Career In Guatemala, Gutiérrez began to work as a storekeeper at his father’s shop in San Cristóbal Totonicapán, with which in 1920 he planted the seed of Corporación Multi Inversiones. Because there was no electric power in the town, Gutiérrez also became a candle maker. He decided to learn accounting in the School for Commerce in Quetzaltenango. In 1932, the same year his son Dionisio was born, he was elected Mayor of San Cristóbal. During his tenure, he buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Guatemala Earthquake
The 1976 Guatemala earthquake struck on February 4 at with a moment magnitude of 7.5. The shock was centered on the Motagua Fault, about 160 km northeast of Guatemala City at a depth of near the town of Los Amates in the department of Izabal. Cities throughout the country suffered damage, and most adobe type houses in the outlying areas of Guatemala City were destroyed. The earthquake struck during the early morning (at 3:01 am, local time) when most people were asleep. This contributed to the high death toll of 23,000. Approximately 76,000 were injured, and many thousands left homeless. Some of the areas affected went without electricity and communications for days. The main shock was followed by thousands of aftershocks, some of the larger ones causing additional damage and loss of life. Seismic data The quake's epicentre was located near the town of Los Amates, in the eastern part of the Motagua Fault, a left-lateral strike-slip fault that forms part of the tectonic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Mitch
Hurricane Mitch is the second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, causing over 11,000 fatalities in Central America in 1998, including approximately 7,000 in Honduras and 3,800 in Nicaragua due to cataclysmic flooding from the slow motion of the storm. It was the deadliest hurricane in Central American history, surpassing Hurricane Fifi–Orlene, which killed slightly fewer people there in 1974. The thirteenth named storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, Mitch formed in the western Caribbean Sea on October 22, and after drifting through extremely favorable conditions, it rapidly strengthened to peak at Category 5 status, the highest possible rating on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale. After drifting southwestward and weakening, the hurricane hit Honduras as a minimal hurricane. Mitch drifted through Central America, regenerated in the Bay of Campeche, and ultimately struck Florida as a strong tropical storm. It t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya, before the Spanish Colonization in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced Catholicism and the now predominant Spanish language, along with numerous customs that have blended with the indigenous culture. Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1960, the northern part of what was the Mosquito Coast was transferred from Nicara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurricane Fifi–Orlene
Hurricane Fifi, later known as Hurricane Orlene, was a catastrophic tropical cyclone that killed over 8,000 people in Honduras in September 1974, ranking it as the third deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, only behind Hurricane Mitch in 1998, and the 1780 hurricane. Fifi is also the first billion-dollar hurricane not to make landfall in the U.S. Originating from a strong tropical wave on September 14, the system steadily tracked west-northwestward through the eastern Caribbean. On September 16, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Fifi just off the coast of Jamaica. The storm quickly intensified into a hurricane the following afternoon and attained its peak intensity on September 18 as a strong Category 2 hurricane. Maintaining hurricane intensity, Fifi brushed the northern coast of Honduras before making landfall in Belize the following day. The storm quickly weakened after landfall, becoming a depression late on September 20. Continuing west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pollo Campero
Pollo Campero is a fast-food restaurant chain, located in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Mexico, Spain, Bahrain, Belize, Haiti, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Africa, Brazil, Canada, and Italy. The chain has nearly 400 locations, including more than 70 in the United States. Corporate affairs and history Pollo Campero International headquarters are located in Dallas, Texas. The current facility is in of area in the Hidden Grove office building in North Dallas. The headquarters was previously in a area in Lincoln Center, but moved in 2016. Pollo Campero has been popular with the Guatemalan and Salvadoran diaspora, who see it as a nostalgic taste from home. This led to a tradition of relatives bringing boxes of the restaurant's chicken to the United States on international flights, with some even reselling the chicken. Issues with the smell led to the company developing an insulated bag to make it easier to transport for air passengers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Honduras; to the southeast by El Salvador and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. With an estimated population of around million, Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America and the 11th most populous country in the Americas. It is a representative democracy with its capital and largest city being Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City, the most populous city in Central America. The territory of modern Guatemala hosted the core of the Maya civilization, which extended across Mesoamerica. In the 16th century, most of this area was conquered by the Spanish and claimed as part of the viceroyalty of New Spain. Guatemala attained independence in 1821 from Spain and Mexico. In 1823, it became part of the Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malnourished
Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems. Specifically, it is "a deficiency, excess, or imbalance of energy, protein and other nutrients" which adversely affects the body's tissues and form. Malnutrition is not receiving the correct amount of nutrition. Malnutrition is increasing in children under the age of five due to providers who cannot afford or do not have access to adequate nutrition. Malnutrition is a category of diseases that includes undernutrition and overnutrition. Undernutrition is a lack of nutrients, which can result in stunted growth, wasting, and underweight. A surplus of nutrients causes overnutrition, which can result in obesity. In some developing countries, overnutrition in the form of obesity is beginning to appear within the same communities as undernutrition. Most clinical studies use the term 'malnutrition' to refer to undernutrition. However, the use of 'malnutrition' instead of 'undernutrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Portillo
Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera (born 24 September 1951) is a Guatemalan politician who served as President of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004. He took office on 14 January 2000, representing the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), the party then led by retired general and deposed military ruler Efraín Ríos Montt (1926 – 2018). In 2014, ten years after his departure as President of Guatemala, Portillo would plead guilty to corruption charges in a United States court. Early life and education Portillo was born in Zacapa. He obtained his academic qualifications in Mexico. He allegedly received a degree in social sciences from the Autonomous University of Guerrero (UAG) in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, and his doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. However, the veracity of such claims remains uncertain since no evidence has been provided to support them. Career In the late 1970s he became involved with left-wing indigenous groups in Guerr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Línea Corruption Case
The ''La Línea'' corruption case began in Guatemala on April 16, 2015, when the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala ( es, Comisión Internacional Contra la Impunidad en Guatemala, CICIG) and State prosecutors accused a number of politicians in the administration of President Otto Pérez Molina of setting up a customs corruption ring with the help of high-ranking officials in the tax and customs administration. Several demonstrations ensued, calling for the resignation of Pérez Molina and his vice-president Roxana Baldetti. Among the accused were the retired captain Juan Carlos Monzón, (at the time Baldetti's private secretary) and the directors of the Tax Administration Superintendency or ', (SAT), an entity analogous to the US Internal Revenue Service. Baldetti resigned in early May, to the joy of thousands of demonstrators. On 20 May 2015, the CICIG and Guatemalan Chief Prosecutor Thelma Aldana exposed another high-level corruption scandal, when th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
